Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation give awards to new songwriters and book writers. The foundation was created by American Theatre Wing Board Member, Sondra Gilman, and Texas Art Commissioner, Celso Gonzalez-Falla. The Musical Theatre Award is accompanied by a grant of $25,000. A number of smaller grants (between $1,000- $5,000) are also awarded at the ceremony. To qualify the "writers must have had at least one musical produced in either a commercial or a professional non-profit theatre in America." [1]
Year | Winner(s) |
1991 | Craig Carnelia |
1992 | Louis Rosen |
1993 | Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman |
1995 | Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley |
1996 | Jason Robert Brown [2] and Ray Leslee |
1998 | Robert Lindsay Nassif (author of Honky Tonk Highway & Ellior Ness in Cleveland). [3] |
1999 | Doug Cohen [3] and Polly Pen [3] |
2000 | Kirsten Childs |
2001 | Andrew Lippa [1] |
2003 | Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin [4] |
The Foundation also gives out commendations of $1000–$5000. Previous winners include:
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